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MUSEUM 1600's Verge Fusee Pocket Watch Case
Estimated price for orientation: 6 450 $
Category: Antique
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Description Year of Manufacture: Pre-1800 Movement: absent Material: Brass Country/Region of Manufacture: France Closure: Open Face
If you need more pictures and details don't hesitate to ask me ....This is the CASE of a fantastic very early watch ( 1620/1640 ) from either FRANCE or south GERMANY ... it is in brass gilt ( has lost most of it ) , the " glass" is a thick rock crystal with an original inclusion , and a little hair ( original or not ? Who knows !) .
The case is pierced , to let easely hear the repetition of a clock watch mouvement , still to be find ....only a bell which wasn't original has been found today ...
The DIAL is really fantastic , a nice piece of " haute époque " style of engraving , a pure beauty of art , museum quality ( even in museum you don't see so many of them and of this level of quality ) . You can also wait dream to find the right movement ( those things happen on EBAY !!I saw a carriage clock mouvement on EBAY USA just after having sold a big round case and waiting 2 years for it ; you must be patient to gain ... ) and at the end the watch would be worth 40 000 $ !!
big size : OVALE= 6 cm long , not far from 8 cm with the pendant , width 5 cm , thick 3.5 cm
on demand a certificate will be supplied from one of the most reputed french watch expert .
would be send registered ( insured at a maximum of 1500 $ Per parcel , we can do 3 different parcels : one with the front one with the dial one with the case each one insured total insured at 4500 $ ) well and saftly packed in a big parcels
Description
| Year of Manufacture: | Pre-1800 | Movement: | absent |
| Material: | Brass | Country/Region of Manufacture: | France |
| Closure: | Open Face |
If you need more pictures and details don't hesitate to ask me ....This is the CASE of a fantastic very early watch ( 1620/1640 ) from either FRANCE or south GERMANY ... it is in brass gilt ( has lost most of it ) , the " glass" is a thick rock crystal with an original inclusion , and a little hair ( original or not ? Who knows !) .
The case is pierced , to let easely hear the repetition of a clock watch mouvement , still to be find ....only a bell which wasn't original has been found today ...
The DIAL is really fantastic , a nice piece of " haute époque " style of engraving , a pure beauty of art , museum quality ( even in museum you don't see so many of them and of this level of quality ) . You can also wait dream to find the right movement ( those things happen on EBAY !!I saw a carriage clock mouvement on EBAY USA just after having sold a big round case and waiting 2 years for it ; you must be patient to gain ... ) and at the end the watch would be worth 40 000 $ !!
big size : OVALE= 6 cm long , not far from 8 cm with the pendant , width 5 cm , thick 3.5 cm
on demand a certificate will be supplied from one of the most reputed french watch expert .
would be send registered ( insured at a maximum of 1500 $ Per parcel , we can do 3 different parcels : one with the front one with the dial one with the case each one insured total insured at 4500 $ ) well and saftly packed in a big parcels
The case is pierced , to let easely hear the repetition of a clock watch mouvement , still to be find ....only a bell which wasn't original has been found today ...
The DIAL is really fantastic , a nice piece of " haute époque " style of engraving , a pure beauty of art , museum quality ( even in museum you don't see so many of them and of this level of quality ) . You can also wait dream to find the right movement ( those things happen on EBAY !!I saw a carriage clock mouvement on EBAY USA just after having sold a big round case and waiting 2 years for it ; you must be patient to gain ... ) and at the end the watch would be worth 40 000 $ !!
big size : OVALE= 6 cm long , not far from 8 cm with the pendant , width 5 cm , thick 3.5 cm
on demand a certificate will be supplied from one of the most reputed french watch expert .
would be send registered ( insured at a maximum of 1500 $ Per parcel , we can do 3 different parcels : one with the front one with the dial one with the case each one insured total insured at 4500 $ ) well and saftly packed in a big parcels